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Edel Rodriguez (born August 22, 1971 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American artist. Edel Rodriguez is a Cuban born American illustrator/artist and children's book author. Rodriguez uses a variety of materials, his work ranges from conceptual to portraiture and landscape. Socialist propaganda and western advertising, island culture and contemporary city life, are all aspects of his life that inform his work. == Early life and education == Until the age of 9, Rodriguez lived in the Cuban countryside town of El Gabriel. In an interview conducted by Yuko Shimizu, Rodriguez described his earliest visual influences as military, revolutionary and nationalist imagery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://illustrationfriday.com/2009/07/if-interview-with-edel-rodriguez/ )〕 In 1980 Rodriguez emigrated to the United States with his father, Cesareo Rodriguez mother, Coralia Rodriguez and sister Irma as one of the thousands of Cubans who took part in the Mariel boatlift.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.pippinproperties.com/authors-illustrators/edel-rodriguez/ )〕 His family of four arrived in Key West and as the Cuban government had taken possession of the families home, car, furniture and even clothes, the Rodriguez family had little to start a new life with. The family moved in with relatives in Miami, Florida where Edel's father established a trucking business. Within a couple of years of arriving in the United States, Rodriguez had mastered the language to the point that he became a Spelling Bee champion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.aiga.org/design-journeys-edel-rodriguez// )〕 Rodriguez graduated from Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School in 1990. After graduation from High School, Rodriguez declined a full scholarship to The University of Miami and instead attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from Pratt with honors and earning a BFA on a full scholarship in painting. Rodriguez went on to earn a M.F.A. from Hunter College in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://illoz.com/edel/?section=about )〕 In 1991, Rodriguez met Jennifer Roth, and the two would become married in 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edel Rodriguez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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